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Impact of Dietetic Counseling Combined With Digital Tools on Obesity‐Related Indices in Greek Adults: The GATEKEEPER Study

open access: yesObesity, Volume 34, Issue 10, Page 1849-1859, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of dietetic counseling with digital tools on obesity‐related and metabolic outcomes in adults aged ≥ 55 years at high risk for metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods In this 3‐month randomized controlled trial, 984 adults aged ≥ 55 years with ≥ 1 MetS risk factor were randomized (1:1:1) to ...
Rafaela Makri   +59 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dark angels : a study of Anne Rice's Vampire chronicles [PDF]

open access: yes
The international success of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, and the release of the film Interview with the Vampire (based on her novel of the same name) has fueled an explosion of interest in the vampire genre, resulting in further incarnations of ...
Plumb, Jane
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Greek Translation and Preliminary Test–Retest Reliability of the AQUA CHILD Questionnaire in Children With Developmental Disabilities

open access: yesPhysiotherapy Research International, Volume 31, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Purpose AQUA CHILD is a parent‐proxy questionnaire for pre‐aquatic assessment. This study describes its Greek translation and examines preliminary test–retest agreement, with explicit verification of response coding and the limits of score interpretation.
Stavroula Triantafyllidou   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remembering Interracial Intimacies: South Asian Perspectives on Black/Brown Sex and Romance in Colonial East Africa

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 833-845, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Bringing together historical evidence, postcolonial fiction and memory work, this study recovers South Asian cultural attitudes towards interracial heterosexual romance from the margins of East African history. It asks why Black/brown intimacy was treated as taboo and denied legitimacy within South Asian diasporic communities in British‐ruled ...
Carissa Chew
wiley   +1 more source

Using large language models to analyze political texts through natural language understanding

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 4, Page 1589-1605, October 2026.
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) offer scalable alternatives to human experts when analyzing political texts for meaning, using natural language understanding (NLU). Qualitative NLU methods relying on human experts are severely limited by cost and scalability.
Kenneth Benoit   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Charakterisierung von ultrakurzen Laserpulsen mittels Einzelschuss-VAMPIRE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Für Bestimmung des Feldverlaufs von Femtosekunden-Laserpulsen existieren viele Verfahren. Das verhältnismäßig neue VAMPIRE-Verfahren ist das erste, bei dem auch komplexe Pulse eindeutig bestimmt werden können.
Sperlich, Karsten (gnd: 1153901129)
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The Vampire as the Mythological Creature in the Cinematography of South Slavic Countries: Vampire in Films “Leptirica” and “Holy Place” - Folkloric Juxtaposition

open access: yesKülönleges Bánásmód
Mythological creatures have enchanted and intrigued human beings for ages, and humans unconsciously stimulated their fears and insecurities. People have created a vampire-paranormal obsession that is reflected in everything that human creativity has ...
Milena Medojevic
doaj   +1 more source

The vampire film : undead cinema /

open access: yes, 2012
Includes filmography (p. 130-133).Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-138) and index.Introduction : vampire cinema -- Vampire sex -- Vampire technology -- Vampire otherness -- Code : vampirising ...
Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew,
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Secretory gene recruitments in vampire bat salivary adaptation and potential convergences with sanguivorous leeches

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2015
Regulatory evolution is thought to be fundamental to adaptive evolution. However, the identification of specific regulatory changes responsible for adaptation are sparse. Bats of the family Phyllostomidae, owing to their unparalleled rate of ecological
Caleb Dakotah Phillips   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Battle of the Blockbusters: Joss Whedon as Public Pedagogue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article discusses the concept of public pedagogy and the reasons for considering it relevant to the work of the writer/ director/ producer Joss Whedon, creator of numberous TV programmes, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly, and ...
Jarvis, Christine
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